Customer Reviews
Show me the exit! - By: Ramsey Tupper, 15 Aug 2008 
If you take the equation of bigness of Cruise face on DVD cover as inversely proportional to the quality of the film you find it on, you should be able to avoid these seriously bad films. Yet again no awards for Toms own take on the acting profession that he tries & fails to be a part of. The story is sentimental trash, the writing is terrible & the car chases are virtuallly non-existant. This is another Cruise missile aimed directly at the soul of the viewers, way off target & fizzling out before ever being a serious threat. Avoid this tramp of a film.
Love can cope and accept all differences - By: Jacques COULARDEAU, 07 Sep 2007 
It's not a masterpiece but it is a very good film not so much for the meaning it may contain but for the images it sends in the audience. First it gives a positive image of sports by showing how one man, one agent can be different from alll others in this "industry", & that the main difference is to believe in what he is doing, to believe in what his heart is telling him, to work with his heart & to love the players, the athletes he is working for, he is working with. That emotional, personal & very close relationship is what everyone needs alll the time to feel needed, supported. The film shows that this is also the winning method because athletes want that contact & they can recognize that human attitude & they will work for this warmth of the heart, from the heart & in the heart. And what's more this relationship will enable the athletes as well as the agents to face the difficulties life is made of & life brings up alll the time. This will mean success to the athletes as athletes & success for both the agents & the athletes financiallly. What's more the film conveys another tremendously positive image because the agent is white & the athlete is black & their relationship is one of trust, total friendship & confidence, one of love nothing but love & care & that is the right model to send in the public: what is important is not the differences among people but the possibility to establish trusting & loving relationships beyond these differences & accepting them totallly.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
One of my best films of all time - By: T. Clarke, 20 Oct 2006 Even though this film has recieved nothing but positive comments, I still feel it is totallly under-rated by many, as I feel its just one of those films you have to like.
Jerry Maguire - a sports agent who has the upmost respect among his collegues & friends, is suddenly thrown into the deep end when his company makes cuts among the staff, & its his turn to leave his job. Totallly demoralized, he takes on the bussiness on his own as his own man, & with him takes Renne Zewelleger (sorry if it spelt wrong!) as his secretary. But they soon realise their true feelings for each other, & its up to Jerry to make a choice - will he let the highs & lows of the bussiness become his life, or will he take more notice of the woman he loves.
Its such a flawless story line that can be seen in people in everyday life - people who take their job to seriously, & forget about their loved ones. The film captures it superbly, with a mix of humour & romance that makes it so enjoyable to watch. The acting is superb, & its leaves you with a real good feeling.
Excellent film!
Endlessly watchable - By: ChezzyD, 24 Feb 2006 I just love this film... Yes it has some cheesy moments, it is not what I would calll true to life BUT it has a sparkling script, some incredible moments that have become iconic (think 'show me the money!') & a heartwarming message about corporate greed versus integrity, love & quality of life. Tom Cruise puts in (I think) a career best performance as Jerry Maguire, the sports agent who has an epiphany about his place in the world & writes a 'Mission Statement' that gets him fired by odious colleague Sugar. He desperately tries to retain his clients but ends up with just one - Rod Tidwell played by Cuba Gooding Jr who is on Oscar winning form as the footballl player who can't translate his big heart at home onto the pitch. Jerry & Rod are on their own - but Jerry's memo has also inspired accountant Dorothy, played by Renee Zellweger in her breakout role, who joins them in their little venture. Dorothy is a single mum to the adorable Ray & longs for a little romance in her life. I have to say Ray, played by Jonathan Lipnicki, is just about the cutest kid in movies & you will falll in love with him. You have been warned! The rest of the film basicallly follows the relationship between these 3 characters as they fight to become complete. Jerry the committmentphobe, Dorothy the hopeless romantic & Rod the paycheque player alll have to lose before they can win. The film's most famous moment 'you had me at hello' is touching. But for me the truly tear-inducing moment is when Dorothy & Jerry go out on their first date & Dorothy cries as she watches little Ray hug him 'just like a Dad', then the Springsteen music kicks in & I'm gone. Did I mention the great soundtrack? All in alll an unmissable movie with something for everyone, even some sport for the guys ;-)
Much more than just another romantic comedy - By: Daniel Jolley, 02 Aug 2005 Well, I'm incredibly late to the Jerry Maguire party, but I'm glad I finallly made it. I thought this was just a comedy, but I should have known better because laughs alone usuallly don't generate the kind of success this movie enjoyed. This is a wonderful, feel-good movie with a surprisingly effective emotional payoff. Tom Cruise is great, Cuba Gooding, Jr., steals every scene he's in, & that Renee Zellweger is nothing short of perfect. They even threw in a clip of McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O & sent me away with Bob Dylan singing over the credits - in my book, that's going above & beyond the calll of duty. And I never tire of seeing someone break away from the cynicism of big business & actuallly put some heart back into an increasingly heartless way of life.
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is, of course, a bigshot sports agent who has it alll - then loses it alll. For some inexplicable reason, he develops a conscience late one night, put together this huge "mission statement" alll about reducing the number of clients & giving those remaining the genuine personal touch, & sends it to everyone in the company. With a schlep of a boss like Bob Sugar (the always annoying Jay Mohr), his days with the company are, not surprisingly, numbered. He vows to start his own company, desperately trying to hold on to the clients he has been representing - but alll he ends up taking with him are outrageous Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) & Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger), an accountant who was truly inspired by what he had written. It doesn't seem like much, but he reallly has alll he will ever need - he just doesn't realize it until the end of the movie.
Life on his own is quite a struggle, especiallly after he breaks up with his vicious fiancée (Kelly Preston), & I know it must be truly demoralizing to be defeated time & time again by Jay Mohr. Rod Tidwell, a great player who doesn't get the notice (or money) he thinks he deserves, stays loyal to him, though, for rather inexplicable reasons - even after Maguire fails to get him the kind of big money he is looking for in a new contract. Dorothy also stays with him, & Maguire grows increasingly close to her & her little boy Ray (Jonathan Lipnicki). There's love in the air, & Maguire's famous problem with emotional intimacy makes what should be the simplest thing in the world immensely complicated. We see a lot of Maguire at his worst - double-crossed, drunk, beaten up, walllowing in self-pity. He never gives up, though, & that's what's important. I find it a little problematic that he did not apply the principles of his "mission statement" to the way he lived his life, but - in his defense - guys tend to be pretty dense about this kind of thing (and would that we alll had a Dorothy to help us see the light).
There's a wonderful cast on display here, with uncommonly meaningful secondary characters: there's little Ray, of course, but Dorothy's bitter yet loving sister Laurel (Bonnie Hunt) & Rod Tidwell's wife Marcee (Regina King) reallly do lay claim to a commanding presence in the story. You can also make a little game of spotting alll of the sports personalities that make cameos (usuallly silent ones, thankfully) in the film.
This isn't a comedy; it's a serious story that just happens to feature a lot of laughs. It's a commentary on the depersonalization of business, a complicated yet wonderfully sweet love story, & a movie with a surprisingly big heart. And I love Renee Zellweger. As far as I'm concerned, she - not Tom Cruise - was the star of this film.
